Swing.



No. 670,287. Patented Mar. I9. |90I.

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SWING.

(Application filed July 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,287, dated March 19, 190.1.

Application iled .Tuly 27, 1900. Serial No. 24,968. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LURCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in swings.

The nature and object of the invention will be fully understood from the following general description and the accompanying drawings and will be subsequently pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a view of an open door with my improved swing hanging in it in extended position. Fig. 2 is a view of the same, partly in section and with the swing drawn up. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the seat of the swing.

A designates the lintel of the door, B and B the posts, and C the sill.

c designates a box or case of rectangular form, which may be of any suitable material. In this box, extending from end to end, is journaled the revoluble roller e. This case c may be attached to the lintel A of the door in any common and well-known way. In the example of my invention here given I have illustrated it as attached by ears and bolts a. On the roller e at either end, inside of the case o, are wound ropes d. These ropes are attached by one end to the roller e and passing through a hole in the bottom of the case c are fastened by the other end to the seat of the swing, which seat is designated by h. These ropes CZ are both wound the same way around the roller e. On the middle of the roller e is wound the cord t'. This is wound around the roller e in the opposite way from the ropes d, and passing through the wall of the case, over the pulley o', and over the pulley t" extends downward to the cleat f, on which it may be fastened. The seat ofthe swing consists of a seat-board b and a back h. This back may be detachably fastened in any common and well-known way. In the example of my invention here given I illustrate it as fastened at each side by the hooks la, which embrace the ropes d and engage the pins c, and at the bottom by the tines l, which engage the eyes Z on the seat-board b, all the various parts of the mechanism to be substantially as illustrated in the drawings- To use my invention, the case c is fastened, as aforesaid, to the lintel of the door, as illus# trated in the drawings. It will then be found that as the seat of the swingis let down (and for that purpose the ropes d unwind from the roller e) the cord t' will wind up on the roller. When the seat-board b has arrived at a proper distance from the sill C of the door, it may `be held in that position by fastening the cord t' on the cleat f. The back h of the seat may then be put on, with the hooks k engaging the pins 7c and the tines l engaging the eyes Z@ as aforesaid. The swing will then be ready and may be used in the'common and wellknown way. Thus far while the swing is in use it is supposed to hang in the door; but when the swing is not in use it may be removed as follows: The back h is first to be removed by releasing the hooks le from the pins k and lifting up the back h, so as to disengage the tinesl from the eyes Z'. Then when the back h has been removed the operator unloosing the cord t' from the cleat f pulls it so as to unwind it from the roller` e. This on account of the arrangement before described causes the ropes d to wind on the roller e. This operation may be continued until the seat-board h is drawn up to the case c, as illustrated in Fig. 2. 'Ihe cord t' is then fastened to the cleat f again, and the parts of the mechanism will so remain until their positions are altered, as before described.

It is evident that if the case c and the seatboard h be of proper Width and properly arranged the door can, when they are in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, easily be opened and closed without them in any Way interfering with it. It is also evident that this swing may be attached to many other supports besides doors and so operated with equal success.

What I claim as my invention, Vand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a swing, the combination with a case adapted to be fastened to the lintel of a door, means for so fastening such case, and a revoluble roller of uniform size through its whole length, and journaled in said oase, of two IOO ropes Wound one Way, one around each end of said roller, and extending Without said oase, a seat-board fastened on said ropes, a seatbaok detachably fastened to said board and said ropes, a cord wound around the middle of said roller, in said case, in a direction opposite to said ropes, and extending Without said ease, and a cleat secured to the post of said door, upon which said oord is fastened 1o to hold said swing-seat in any required position, al1 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 13th day of July, 15

EDWARD LURCI-I. Witnesses:

HARRY F. NOAH, C. E. MCDONALD. 

